Siddharth Poddar

The Singaporean sovereign wealth fund is considering joint investments with ‘sophisticated co-investors’ for the first time and may eventually do the same for retail investors.

Chinese government-backed private equity firm Fortman has reportedly appointed Arthur Zhu as its CEO. Zhu was earlier expected to set up his own private equity firm.

Real estate remains the most popular alternative asset class among pension funds despite a 4% fall in assets under management in 2008, according to a Watson Wyatt survey. Allocations to private equity and infrastructure rose by 4% each.

Less than two months after acquiring Oriental Brewery in a blockbuster deal, KKR is selling half the brewer to Affinity Equity Partners for $400m.

Denis Tse from CDIB Capital will oversee LMIM's private equity and private equity real estate fund commitments in Asia.

The private equity and real estate firm is establishing an office in London to target investments on the AIM market.

Korea Investment Corporation has signed memorandums of understanding with Australia’s QIC and Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional to jointly explore investment opportunities.

The sovereign fund will resume overseas investments following a $3bn cash injection by the Korean government.

South Korea’s National Pension Service will reportedly resume its overseas investments from next month and increase its investments in overseas alternative assets.

Her departure, a possibility PEO reported last week, is a huge blow to ICICI Venture, which is currently in the market for a $1.2bn fund.